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Anchor Health is a ‘safe haven’ amongst growing obstacles for LGBTQ+ healthcare

To read the full story with all multimedia elements, click here: https://qu-journalism-anchor-health.shorthandstories.com/anchor-health-is-a-safe-haven-amongst-obstacles-for-lgbtq-healthcare/index.html The Anchor Health Initiative started in a supply closet. Patricia Chadwick, A.C. Demidont, Jean Doyen de Montaillou and David Grimes founded Anchor Health on May 4, 2016, — which provides non-discriminatory healthcare to the LGBTQ+ community. They found the resources for LGBTQ+ health…

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Physicians, counselors, tutors: Hamden High School provides a variety of resources to help students boost test scores

Hamden High School is providing additional resources to students such as physicians, counselors, tutors and extra instruction time to help improve test scores and mental health.

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Olin Corp.’s role in Hamden’s past — and future

Olin Corp. stopped polluting southern Hamden nearly 60 years ago. But the manufacturing giant has done very little since to right its wrongs.

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What is it like to walk into an addiction treatment facility?

Between 2015 and 2022, yearly drug overdose deaths in connecticut increased by over 100 percent. The latest data from the substance abuse and mental health services administration showed that in 2019 a record 1.5 million people checked into treatment facilities across the country. Going to a rehab center for the first time is often the…

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Talking affirmative action

This podcast episode addresses the Supreme Courts decision to ban affirmative action in higher education through the perspectives of racial politics experts, administration within Equity and Inclusion departments in the university setting, higher education students, and an individual who was the driving force for the Students For Fair Admissions. Reiven Douglas · Talking Affirmative Action

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The Native American sports names debate hits home in Connecticut

In 2015, North Haven Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to retire the “Indians” caricature it used as a logo and mascot.  In 2021, the district abandoned the name “Indians” all together, becoming the “Nighthawks.”  The move was part of a larger trend in high school, college and professional sports.  In recent years, pro sports…

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Artificial Turf has its downsides, but does it make sense to use it?

Late in the fall season, senior running back Nathan Florio of Branford high school laced up his cleats and ran out to the football field every week. Sometimes the ground beneath him is real grass, but other times it’s artificial turf. Florio nearly ended his season multiple times when trying to make a cut, which…

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Fentanyl changed everything

Fifty-nine-year-old Rick DelValle of New Britain, Connecticut says he used “every drug there is under the sun.” He had difficulties with heroin and keeping himself out of trouble which included a trip to jail. He relapsed after seven years then at the age of 43 DelValle officially became sober 15 years ago. Since getting off…

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Navigating the evolution of baseball statistics and technology and how it has impacted recruitment in Connecticut

In the NCAA, Connecticut contributes just over one percent of its baseball players. But why is that? In Seth’s Sandlot, Seth Fromowitz discusses the various factors that contribute to the small number of Connecticut born players, along with what new ways baseball talent is evaluated and how that can lead to that number rise. Interviews…

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Beyond the Scoreboard: Episode 1

By Brian Norman